Stojka was born in Kraubath an der Mur, Styria, the fifth of six children, sister of Karl Stojka and Mongo Stojka, also writers and musicians; the family belonged to the Lovari caste.
In 2011, Connell set out to make her second documentary feature Forget Us Not, which follows the stories of some of the five-million non-Jewish Holocaust survivors including artist Ceija Stojka and is narrated by actor Ron Perlman.
Ceija Stojka (1933–2013), Austrian-Romani writer, painter and musician
Forget Us Not is a feature-length documentary film by Heather Connell, which follows the stories of some of the 5 million non-Jewish Holocaust survivors including artist Ceija Stojka and is narrated by actor Ron Perlman.